The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 1. köideLittle, Brown, 1902 |
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... carried to the point of denying that Manetho himself had ever existed . This is only one of many cases where the ... carry back the record to a period which cannot well be less than five thousand , perhaps not less than six thousand ...
... carried to the point of denying that Manetho himself had ever existed . This is only one of many cases where the ... carry back the record to a period which cannot well be less than five thousand , perhaps not less than six thousand ...
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... carried by the official influence exercised by President Santa Maria . On as- suming office President Balmaceda ... carry out this programme . Contracts were given by favour and not by merit , and the progress made in the construction of ...
... carried by the official influence exercised by President Santa Maria . On as- suming office President Balmaceda ... carry out this programme . Contracts were given by favour and not by merit , and the progress made in the construction of ...
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... carrying with her the representatives of the United States . A fast cruiser was immediately sent in pursuit , but ... carried to Iquique , where they were safely disembarked early in July 1891. A force of 10,000 men was now raised by ...
... carrying with her the representatives of the United States . A fast cruiser was immediately sent in pursuit , but ... carried to Iquique , where they were safely disembarked early in July 1891. A force of 10,000 men was now raised by ...
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... carry on their preparations in the province engagement the plan was abandoned in favour of a flank of Tarapacá ... carried out with great gallantry ; but the attack would probably have failed if a proper watch had been kept on ...
... carry on their preparations in the province engagement the plan was abandoned in favour of a flank of Tarapacá ... carried out with great gallantry ; but the attack would probably have failed if a proper watch had been kept on ...
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... carried on the top . Whatever streams or rivulets there are , at once cut their way through the friable earth to the subsoil , carrying down the débris to be de- posited as alluvium on the plains . As the cleavage is the population from ...
... carried on the top . Whatever streams or rivulets there are , at once cut their way through the friable earth to the subsoil , carrying down the débris to be de- posited as alluvium on the plains . As the cleavage is the population from ...
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